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GARY JOHN GRESL |
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Biographical/Educational Information: Artist Gary John Gresl • Born May 12, 1943, Manitowoc, WI; • Attended Catholic grade school, public high school, Manitowoc County Teachers College; • University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (BS with Music Minor); • Additional art and art history classes thru UW Oshkosh and Silver Lake College Manitowoc; • University of Wisconsin Madison, MS Related Art Dept. School of Family Resources and Consumer Sciences, (formerly called School of Home Economics and subsequently called School of Human Ecology); • Art classes in high school; • Art and art history classes at UW Stevens Point, UW Oshkosh, Silver Lake College; • Art history and Museum Training and Connoisseurship classes at UW Madison; • Taught art plus other subjects in the Brillion, WI school district 1966-71, Principal of a small middle school for two of those years; • Self-taught in the directions and techniques of assemblage. Notable experiences and events: • Exposure to Abstract Expressionism during the 1950's; • During a New York World's Fair excursion in 1963-64 saw Franz Kline and Rauschenburg works in New York City; • Youthful experiences as collector of various materials from rocks to coins; • Creating first assemblage 1964 using found objects from an abandoned farm dump; • Experiences on farms, rural and natural settings as a youth; • Example of enthusiastic teaching/learning from a teacher. J. V. Ackerman, at Manitowoc County Teachers College; • Real life experience and traumas of growing and teaching in Brillion WI; • Marriage... children... divorce; • Antique/collectible dealing; • Self education in 20th Century abstract art from Kandinsky thru the 70's; • Recognition in age 30's/40's that personal judgment of what good art might be is as viable as anointed critics and museum personnel; • Operating a business for over 25 years; • Working with other professionals in the fields of antiques and art; • Personal associations with artists including John Balsley, Estherly Allen, Kenn Kwint, Rudy Rotter, to name but a few. • Working on the Board of Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors in all positions for a number of years. • Co-founder of MVAR, Milwaukee Visual Arts Roundtable, yr. 2000 • Contributing author to bimonthly "Art In Wisconsin", newsletter of Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors, Inc. • Nominated for 2001 Governor's Award in Support of the Arts, community organizations category • Spokesperson for adaptive reuse of the Praries School Old Coast Guard station on Milwaukee's Lake Michigan shoreline for use as a center for regional art • Founder and Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Awards, along with the West Bend Art Museum and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. • Served as juror for exhibitions and participant in art workshops • Invited Guest Speaker UW Milwaukee, Carroll College, and others |
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